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Ruinas: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Oristano, Sardegna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via San Giorgio 1, Ruinas.

Ruinas, a hill village inland from Oristano

Leave the Oristano plain and head towards the centre of Sardinia, and the landscape turns hilly: Ruinas is here, at about three hundred and sixty metres, a compact village surrounded by grazing land, woods and fields. It is a small, quiet place, well away from the traffic of the coast.

For anyone thinking of buying, distance is the first thing to weigh up. The hospital, secondary schools and offices are in Oristano or the larger inland towns, reached on provincial roads. The market consists mostly of houses in the centre, some built of stone and in need of work, and homes built in the second half of the twentieth century. The climate, in zone D, brings hot summers and mild winters.

Ruinas had 586 residents in 2023, 19.5% fewer than the 728 of 2011. It is an old population: an average age of 52.7 against 49.8 in the province, and over-65s at 36.7% against 29.5%. Residents with foreign citizenship make up 3.4%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is low: all 87 municipalities in the province of Oristano are in zone 4, and in Ruinas the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.050 g. In an older house, look rather at damp, the roof, and the wiring and plumbing.

Cadastral maps are available: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes them, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. For a house on a slope or near a watercourse, landslides and flooding are read on the official maps for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Hill village inland in the province of Oristano.
  • 586 residents in 2023, down 19.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 36.7%, against 29.5% in the province.
  • All 87 Oristano municipalities in seismic zone 4.

Overview

Ruinas is a municipality in the province of Oristano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 586 residents, ranked 53 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ruinas is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 19.5%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (50). 37% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ruinas declared an average taxable income of 15,354 euros, below the provincial average (19,764 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ruinas is in climate zone D, with 1,436 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 359 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ruinas has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.5% of the land in Ruinas, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ruinas is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ruinas: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Ruinas are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 6 inhabited census areas in Ruinas. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.2%
  • good 99.8%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 115051. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.